Opinion
Volume 2 Issue 9
Orofacial Harmonization and Botulinum Toxin Application in the Context of Dentistry
Irineu Gregnanin Pedron.
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Currently, facial aesthetics have been growing exponentially due to the performance of the dental surgeon. This new approach was initiated by the use of botulinum toxin in stomatological indications, particularly in cases of gummy smile and parafunctional habits such as bruxism and briquism, having achieved facial cosmetic applications [1-5]. At the same time, other materials and procedures were included in Orofacial Harmonization, such as the application of facial fillers, notably hyaluronic acid; facial lifting (polydioxanone thread); autologous blood derivates; percutaneous collagen inducers (micro needling); hormonal regulation; biophotonic procedures and/or laser therapy; facial lipoplasty, by chemical, physical or mechanical techniques; bichectomy (surgical technique of removal of the adipose body of Bichat); and surgical techniques for lip correction (liplifting). Recently, in Brazil, Orofacial Harmonization was regulated as a dental specialty by the Federal Council of Dentistry
Mini Review
Volume 2 Issue 9
Epidemiology of Oral Cancer: Review
Edith K Maraga.
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Oral cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the world with its incidence variably increasing. This however remains unconfirmed in some parts of Africa, particularly East Africa. Males are generally more affected than females with a mean age of 55 years. The aim of this review is to analyse the oral cancer trend, cases, most common sites affected, and histological types.
Keywords: Oral Cancer; Kenya
Case Report
Volume 2 Issue 9
Pyogenic Granuloma in Kidney Transplant Patient: Removal by Laser
Irineu Gregnanin Pedron, Plínio Jun Iti Yokoyama, Caleb Willy Moreira Shitsuka and Élio Hitoshi Shinohara.
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The kidney transplanted patient, who is more susceptible to opportunist infections during immunosuppressive therapy, is considered a patient that requires special dental care. The oral cavity generally presents some stomatologic alterations secondary to the use of cyclosporin A - an immunosuppressive medication normally used, such as drug-induced gingival overgrowth, hairy leukoplakia, neoplasias, periodontal diseases and candidosis. The purpose of this article is to report a case of pyogenic granuloma developed concomitantly with drug-induced gingival overgrowth in a kidney transplanted patient, submitted to surgery with Nd:YAP laser, and followed up for 19 years. The clinical and histopathologic characteristics, incidence and frequency, differential diagnosis, etiopathogenesis and treatment modalities inherent to the lesion were discussed.
Keywords:Pyogenic Granuloma; Gingival Overgrowth; Kidney Transplantation; Dentistry; Dental Care
Editorial
Volume 2 Issue 9
Dentistry for Disabled Fellow Beings
Asaad J Mirza.
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The Disability is a condition attributable to an intellectual, psy-chiatric, neurological, cognitive, or physical impairment that sub-stantially restricts a sufferer’s everyday activities. People having disabilities suffer from the same health problems as non-disabled persons and therefore have similar health treatment needs. Infor-mation available in the published literature indicates that disabled fellow beings encounter barriers in accessing the professional health services they inevitably require for their required treat-ment and rehabilitation. Individuals with mental and physical im-pairment cannot effectively brush and clean their teeth as they are unable to recognize their oral health care needs and therefore are highly predisposed to dental and oral diseases.
Opinion
Volume 2 Issue 8
Facial Pain: A Brief Overview
Ashvini Kishor Vadane
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Etiologically different conditions, having the common clinical feature of pain in the facial area, denotes the entity known as the “facial pain” [1]. The present article briefly highlights various types of facial pain.
Trigeminal neuralgia, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, persistent idiopathic facial pain, temporomandibular joint pain, facial arthromyalgia, headache, maxillary sinusitis, salivary gland disorders, Burning mouth syndrome, giant cell arteritis are some types of facial pain [1-4].
Opinion
Volume 2 Issue 8
Reflection: The Web of Repentance
Irineu Gregnanin Pedron
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Currently, the dental surgeon's performance at the aesthetic-facial level, and not only the health-based one, is notorious, even though the definition of health of the World Health Organization as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not only absence of affections and diseases" contemplates aesthetics as part of health. In this perspective, for some time, the dental surgeon - particularly in Latin America and some European countries - has been expanding his range of facial aesthetics interventions using a large variety of techniques and biomaterials: botulinum toxin, facial fillers, bichectomy, lifting and submandibular papillary liposuction, laser in facial region, administration of hormones, in short, a huge range of aesthetic procedures that were once single and exclusive performance of dermatologists and plastic surgeons.
Case Report
Volume 2 Issue 8
Placement of Dental Implant after Use of Guided Bone Regeneration with Polypropylene Membrane
Irineu Gregnanin Pedron, Munir Salomão, João Marcelo Ferreira de Medeiros, Caleb Shitsuka and Luiz Carlos Magno Filho
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One of the principles of modern Implantology is the maintenance of soft and hard tissues or the reduction of bone resorption, particularly after the exodontia. The teeth extraction beginning of resorption of the alveolar bone. The resorption is more in width than the height. In this perspective, the maintenance of the blood clot inside the alveolus is essential to avoid invagination of the epithelial tissue. The guided bone regeneration technique proposes the regeneration of the bone defect using occlusive membranes. Angiogenesis and chemotaxis of cells competent for bone formation is only possible with the maintenance of immobility of the clot. Blood cells, particularly platelets, are most responsible for encoding and producing new bone tissue through bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), which will repair the post-surgical alveolus. The purpose of this article is present a case of placement of dental implant after use of guided bone regeneration with polypropylene membrane.
Keywords: Bone Regeneration; Oral Surgery; Bioengineering
Case Report
Volume 2 Issue 8
Case Report: The Clinical Application of Surgical Placement and Restoration with an Irradiated Patient
Aref Almahayni and Nabeel Rashid
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Previous treatment with Radiotherapy has adverse effects on normal host tissue, which in turn limits the availability of restorative options. Risk factors linked to the surgical procedures include Infections (3%), implant loss, poor healing, bleeding and increased bone loss have been reported in most studies on clinical outcomes of dental implants [1]. One of the recognized and severe complications of radiation therapy is Osteoradionecrosis (ORN). Survival of implant supported single crowns in normal healthy patients at 5 years data were 94.5% [2]. While tooth supported fixed-fixed bridge would have had 85% survival at 15 years, it should be noted that increased failure rate when patients have been treated with a high radiotherapy dose (over 60 Gy). The aim of this paper is to show that surgical implants can be placed and restored in irradiated patients when taking into consideration proper planning in low dosage fields.
Keywords: Implants; Radiation; Surgery; Implant Guided; Osteoradionecrosis
Opinion
Volume 2 Issue 8
Considerations in Oral Cancer Diagnosis
Marta Miyazawa.
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According to GLOBOCAN 2018 around 228.000 deaths were caused by lip, oral and oropharynx cancer, and there were more than 443.000 new cases of these malignant tumors [1]. The late diagnosis compromises profoundly the quality of life of oral cancer patients and treatment outcome. Despite all the knowledge accumulated in all these years of cancer research, so far, the best chance for the patient to get cured of his cancer is the early diagnosis [2]. Therefore, the early detection is imperative to improve the prognosis for head and neck cancers.
Case Report
Volume 2 Issue 8
Anterior Open Bite Surgical Treatment (Tt) Surgery
A Touleimat.
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Whatever was the cause of the anterior open bite, patient will end of having beside his Dental problem or situation, an increase in the vertical dimension of his maxilla posterior part, Pushing the lower jaw downwards, leading to a long lower third of the face comparing with the Upper and midface. In other words patient will end of having a skeletal open bite, that makes. Any orthodontic treatment trying to close the dental open bite, with also of its limitation in correcting this facial deformity. The orthodontic treatment will not give the ideal solution to a patient with skeletal open bite. That could be only achieved through surgery done on the elongated maxilla. The purpose of this article is to present a case of open bite that was treated surgically, through a What I tried to name (Tt) operation (Touleimat technique).
KeywordsOpen Bite; Upper Jaw; Maxilla; Anterior; Malocclusion.
Editorial
Volume 2 Issue 8
Smoking Cessation through Dentists
Asaad J Mirza.
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Tobacco consumption is one of the most prevalent public health threats the world has ever faced. It kills more than 7 million people a year. In USA alone, 20% deaths occur because of smoking menace. The tobacco smoke contains thousands of chemicals of which many are considered fatally injurious to human health and can cause multiple pathological conditions in a consumer.
